The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-15
PERSONAL.

Gov. FORAKER has just purchased fine old
homestead near Madisonville 0.
PADRE AGosTINo, who is described as the
Henry Ward Beecher of Italy, prays to a
skull.
DOROTHY DENE the new English professional
beauty, is making larger income than any of
the other society Venuses by the sale of her
photographs
Mr.. j. /. CASE. who lives at Racine Wis. and
is the owner Of the famous trotter, Jay Eye-See,
has purchased a beautiful place in Southern
California, and will hereafter spend his winters
there.
w. H. II. (ADIRoNDACK) MURRAY is in New
York. He and j. Armory Knox, of Texas
SittinGs, are fitting out q yacht for cruise of
10000 miles through the inland waters of the
Continent.
JOHN JACOB AsToR, Cornelius Vanderbilt and
D. Willis James have each contributed 100000
to the fund for the proposed Protestant Episco-
pal Cathedral in New York. A popular sub
scrption will soon be started
SENATOR STANFORD il considering a plau to
purchase large tract of rich land near Davis
vile, in the heart of the Sacramento valley, and
divide 1t up into small farms for the accommo-
dation Of settlers, allowing them TO pay for the
land in installments.
THE DAUGHTER Of the late Jeremiah S. Black
Mary Clayton Black, will publish during this
summer sketch of her fathers life, with a col
lection of the interesting and delightful reminis-
varied career. She acted as her fathers pr
vate secretary and was in possession of all his
papers.
j. L. York, who dubs himself the second
Ingersoll, " Is lecturing in Colorado on "Evolu-
ton and Creation" and threatens to descend
upon the East. Denver papers say his only
resemblance TO Ingersoll is In his appearance
An ordinary sized man, with irongray hair,
smooth face and pair of buckhorn glasses
astride his Ingersolan nose complete his por-
trait.
ONE of the most Industrious, as he has long
been one of the most successful, of living novel,
lists Is Mr.. Walter Besant, who recently gave TO
a friend this interesting recipe; "A man who
works cannot belong to society in any other
sense than the limited circle Of his home friends
The time that is left when my engagements are
provided for belong 60 them and not to
strangers"
WHEN II. Rider Haggard was a child he had
very ancient and battered wooden doll which
had been handed down by n former generation,
and was regarded, ugly as il was, with peculiar
affection by the girls of the family. The doll,
which had lost us eyes ~ the course OF time.
was known 10 all the children as She" This
is the origin of Mr.. Haggard's odd title for his
celebrated romance.
THE Prince of Naples first efforts as q dramat-
ic author have not been crowned with success
He wrote poem, the subject of which was
taken from the history of Greece and sent Il 10
Verdi asking him TO set IL to music for the
Queens fete. The composer replied; 1T took
me an hour aud a half TO read your royal high
ness verse; the person charged to sing il would
have work for the whole day: as for the com
poser 10 set It to music he must be a younger
man than your devoted servant, Verdi"
DR. MoRELL MACKENZIE. the English special
list, who has twice been summoned to examine
the throat Of the Crown Prince of Germany. is
about 20 years of age. He pursued his studies
in London, Paris and Vienna and in 1863 founded
n hospital for throat diseases. In the s.xne
year work Of his ON this subject obtained a
Ettsae hos inf
eases of the Iarynx aud Nose has been trans.
lated in French and German, and his latest book
on the voice Is Of great practical use 10 singers.